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10 World Best Studio Photographers

admin1 — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:00:18 +0000

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Google Science Fair 2011 – Unique Opportunity For Young Scientists!

nataly — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:53:07 +0000

When Google was created in January 1996 it was just a research project. It’s creators, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were still students at Stanford University in California. Today, Google is the world’s largest Internet company and the “Google Guys” are well-known computer scientists, successful businessmen and two of the reachest men on the planet.

Now, there is an easier way for you to do something similar with your creative ideas! The internet giant has launched the world’s first online global science competition, giving all young scientists a unique opportunity to get exposed to the world and win some prizes that could never be any better for students.

To enter in Google Science Fair students need to be aged 13 to 18 and have a Google Account so that you can complete the form. They also need to have their parent or guardian consent without which entries will not be valid. Students can work on their own or within a maximum group of three.

If you are a teenager with an interesting idea you believe in, visit Google Science Fair website and submit your project. The deadline for submissions is 4 April 2011.

Judging criteria will focus on quality of the data, the writeup, and the significance of the concept for the project, as well as the quality of the two-minute video or 20-slide presentation that the students must produce for the project. As Google explained, entries will be judged on eight core criteria, which include the student’s presentation, question, hypothesis, research, experiment, data, observations, and conclusion.

Sixty semifinalists will be announced in early May and fifteen finalists (selected from three age groups -13 to 14, 15 to 16, and 17 to 18) will be chosen to participate in a live, in-person event to be held at Google headquarters in July. There will be three finalist winners, one in each age category, and only one of them will be named the Grand Prize Winner.

Notable organizations such as National Geographic, CERN, The LEGO Group, Scientific American and Google have partnered to make the fair happen and to provide lots of fantastic prizes that will be awarded to the 15 finalists, along with the Grand Prize winner and a people’s choice winner. The two category winners who did not win the Grand Prize will win a $25,000 scholarship from Google and Sponsor’s choice of Experience from CERN, Google, LEGO or Scientific American. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $50,000 scholarship from Google and his or her choice of experience from Google, CERN, Scientific American or LEGO and an amazing trip to the Galapagos Islands with National Geographic Expeditions.

So, all you smart young people with interesting and creative ideas, this is your opportunity to do something big for yourself and for this world! Don’t miss it! Check video Below for more info

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Cool Eco-Reminder Stickers by Hu2

admin1 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:06:10 +0000

Hu2 is a design studio in London that creates imaginative, creative, inspiring, thought provoking and some time poetic stickers to remind you of scarcity of energy on planet earth.

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You can visit Hu2′s website through this link.

Tiger and Panda Dogs in China

admin1 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:31:23 +0000

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The Suicide Series

admin1 — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:17:19 +0000

A Houston native, Bill Thomas is a photographer known for photos of elaborate, morbidly humorous ways to commit suicide.

The Artist in his own words:

“The SUICIDE series attempts to deal with the taboo social-psychological content in an ironic way, looking at suicide from both serious and humorous perspectives. The photographs consist of self-constructed and directed tableaux in which I am seen committing suicide by a variety of outrageous means. I attempt to further the believability of the scenarios through use of the hyper-real information available from the 8″ x 10″ format, together with their presentation as large, 32″ x 42″ black and white prints.”

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Nail Art by Marcus Levine

admin1 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:47:13 +0000

Nail Art by Marcus Levine

Yorkshire sculptor Marcus Levine uses more than 50000 steel nails to express the human form in his London show.

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The cat and bear best friends

admin1 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:25:44 +0000

Best friends Muschi, the cat and Maeuschen the bear are so close that zookeepers in Berlin have had to reunite the pair after they were separated

Garage Door Art

admin1 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:06:17 +0000

Positive emotions on garage door.

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Unusual and creative PS case

admin1 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:16:01 +0000

PC Computer case mods are simply so fun to look at! Individuals worldwide take time out of their personal life to build new and innovative creations for their computer cases.

7 Centuries old Stone Houses in Iran

admin1 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:05:09 +0000

This is pretty impressive. These are houses in Iran that were allegedly built 700 years ago. I don’t know much about it but it looks like the houses were carved into stone, unless they molded them out of some cement like material 700 years ago. I would still not want to visit Iran, but these houses are pretty impressive.

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